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Pelicans Rally, Beat Cavaliers
“We gotta stay in-between the highs and lows.. cause it helps you think better. It helps you keep the season in perspective.” -Monty Williams after the game. It’s a good time to be even. After falling behind by as many as 12 points in the 4th quarter, the Pelicans rallied behind their new Big 5 […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans Vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
Here we go again. At the beginning of the season, our writers signed up for specific games. In the interest of my schedule, I chose to cover many of the weekend games. It hasn’t been a great start. I am 0-3 in my coverage so far this season. Remember the Magic blowout? Me. The Lakers […]
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Water Cooler Talk: M & N
Bourbon Street Shots welcomes Nick Lewellen (who has written pieces for the site before) into a conversation with Michael Pellissier to discuss some things that are going on right now and some things that concern the Pelicans future. Michael: So.. Ryno’s back. What did you think about his first game? Nick: Ryno was a perfect […]
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Lakers Wax Pelicans
What’s scarier than Pierre the Pelican? The Pelican team performance versus the Lakers tonight. Well. It’s hard to even start recapping a game in which we played so poorly. Simply put, there is so much to fix that I don’t even know where to start. Let me start by reiterating that this is not a […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans @ Los Angeles Lakers
The Pelicans head to Lakerland in hopes of climbing back to a .500 record. A win tonight could set off a solid win streak, as the Pelicans play the winless Utah Jazz twice and have the Philadelphia 76ers at home, but the first step is beating the Lakers, who just got obliterated by the Timberwolves […]
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3 Point Share
I was perusing nba.com/stats today and I stumbled upon an alarming statistic. The Pelicans are 2nd to last in field goal percentage in the restricted area, shooting a paltry 51.3%. A team with Eric Gordon, Anthony Davis, and Tyreke Evans should be nowhere near last in this regard. Davis is one of the league’s most talented […]
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Pelicans Fall to Phoenix Again
For the 2nd time in 5 days, the New Orleans Pelicans were unable to handle the Phoenix Suns, losing 94 to 101. The Pelicans dropped to 3-4 with the loss. Turnovers were a storyline from the start, and many of them looked really, really bad. The motto of the night was “leave your feet when […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans @ Phoenix Suns
What a game. It would be impossible to address anything Pelicans-related right now without mentioning Anthony Davis’s absolute dominance against the Lakers the other night. Quite frankly, the results of Phoenix, LA, Utah, etc. matter little in the long-run performance of this franchise. This is Anthony Davis’s team and Anthony Davis’s time, and we are privileged to […]
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Magic Go Bird Hunting
New Orleans: 12 turnovers, 20 made free throws, 44 rebounds, 92 field goal attempts Orlando: 19 turnovers, 21 made free throws, 44 rebounds, 70 field goal attempts What a beautiful stat line! New Orleans didn’t turn the ball over, got plenty of shot opportunities, and matched Orlando on the boards.. and got DEMOLISHED. In a […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Magic
Just breathe. Whatever the reason, there has seemed to be some fan panic after Wednesday night’s loss versus the Pacers. The truth is, the Pelicans match up very poorly against the Pacers, who defend the rim extremely well and force you to beat them from outside. Which brings me to tonight. The Magic are in […]
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Horns Set: Tyreke Time
In the last preseason game, I noticed an odd wrinkle in the Horns Set. As Jake has already mentioned, Horns is a staple of Monty’s offense. Last year, Monty ran almost every Horns set with two bigs at the elbows. In Tyreke’s first game since his injury, Monty ran a version of Horns with Tyreke and […]
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The Golden Month and a New Beginning
Man, I used to love Charizard. He could fly, breathed fire, and had some kick-ass wings to boot. “It can melt almost anything, its breath inflicts terrible pain onto its enemies. It uses its wings to fly high. Its fire’s temperature increases as it becomes more experienced. It flies around the sky in search of […]
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Pelicans Squeak by Washington, Remain Undefeated
In a game that could be only characterized as devastatingly ugly, the Pelicans edged the Washington Wizards 93-89 to remain undefeated in the preseason and in their time as the Pelicans. The Pelicans recovered from a weak 3rd quarter and outscored Washington by 10 in the fourth quarter behind some strong play by Brian Roberts […]
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Pelicans-Wizards: Homecoming
Anthony Davis and Darius Miller are coming home. The New Orleans Pelicans and Washington Wizards will square off tonight in the University of Kentucky’s Rupp Arena, where UK alums Anthony Davis and Darius Miller will play for the first time since their national title run a couple years ago. UK has enjoyed a wealth of […]
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NBA Rank 2: It’s a Celebration
It’s time to celebrate. Davis is looking very much like the franchise player that New Orleans fans expected him to be, and national media finally appears to have arrived at the consensus opinion that he is going to be a star in the league. But of course, we all knew that, so why does this […]
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NBA Rank and the Pelicans
Every year, ESPN runs a segment called “NBA Rank,” where they rank the top 500 players in the NBA. They are in the midst of this process right now, and before the final results are divulged, I thought it might be a good time to take a peek at last year’s results and see if […]
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Player Profile: Greg Stiemsma
*Photo Credit: AP/Jim Mone Lost amidst a busy Pelicans offseason filled with moves and the Greg Oden chase was the signing of Greg Stiemsma, a 6-11 center entering his 3rd NBA season on his 3rd NBA team. New Orleans reportedly tried to grab Stiemsma last summer, but he chose the Timberwolves, who looked (and turned […]
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Making the Leap
Yesterday, James Grayson took a look at the Pelican push for the playoffs. Today, I look at whether the leap that will be required of the Pelicans this season is feasible from a historical perspective. Can a team that finished with a 27-55 record and as the 5th worst team in the NBA make the jump to […]
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Paint Percentage
We need more paint.. lots more paint. Follow @palochak New Orleans finished ranked 15th (tied) in offensive efficiency, but despite having a respectably efficient offense, possessions were often stagnant and horrifying to watch. Possessions where the ball would slowly swing around the perimeter or the lead guard would get his momentum stopped before he […]
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Tyreke Evans and The Next Step
Hey Kev-o, you know you’re only going to be the Pelicans’ fallback option, right? That’s my town. Follow @palochak You will almost certainly regret it. Introduction Tyreke Evans took the league by storm in his rookie year, averaging 20 points, almost 6 assists, and over 5 rebounds per game while managing to post a respectable 52.3% […]